British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson Monday downplayed differences with EU partners over the bloc's military ambitions, saying London supported their efforts to bolster defense cooperation. Reports Friday put Brexit-bound Britain in the dock for blocking the launch of an EU military...

 Rescuers saved 484 migrants from boats in the Mediterranean on Saturday and found the bodies of seven men who had died in the attempt to get to Europe, Italy's coast guard said. More than 45,000 people have reached Italy by boat from North Africa this year, a more than 40 percent...

Emmanuel Macron becomes France's youngest ever president on Sunday, taking over from Socialist Francois Hollande in a solemn ceremony. Macron, a 39-year-old centrist, arrived at the Elysee Palace in central Paris in a motorcade and walked down the red carpet under light rain to be greeted by...

French president-elect Emmanuel Macron met party supporters Saturday on the eve of his inauguration and told candidates contesting key parliamentary elections next month that they had an "immense responsibility". The 39-year-old, who beat far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in a second round...